Mailing-case



(No Model.)

E. J. KRABTZER.

MAILING CASE.

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NITED STATES EDIVIN J. IIRAETZER, OF CAMBRIDGE,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR- TO THE STANDARD MAILING CASE COMPANY, OF KITTERY, MAINE.

MAILING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,918, dated October 6, 1891.

Application filed March 13, 1891,

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J'. KRAETZER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth ot' Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mailing-Cases for Bottles, of which the following is a full speciiication.

. Myinvention consists of an improved mail- Io ing-ease provided with cushioning devices, whereby 'a bottle containing liquid may be lightly supported or cushioned therein, allowlng no play either sidewise orlengthwise,but preventing the bottle from comingin contact I5 .with the hard material of the case, thus making it practically impossible to break the bottle during transmission.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings shows in central section a form of case embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the case with the -bottle removed therefrom. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar transverse sectional views of modified forms of cushioning-pieces.

A is the outerbox, and A the cover adapted to screw onto said box, both being preferably made oi' wood, treated on the interior with some water-proof material, rendering it impervious to moisture. The cover A', as herein shown, is provided with the inner disk or lin` ing B of felt or like material.

The cushioning devices are preferably removable and are intended to tit any sized bottle or case. They consist of a disk or plate F', made of paper or flexible material and not too large to tit the smallest case which is to be employed for mailing. This plate or disk F has the central stripfcnt from the material of said strip, but connected therewith at 40 either end. This is accomplished by making two parallel cuts th rough the said disk within but not clear across the face' thereof, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4r. The cushioning-strips F, preferably two in number, are inserted between the central strip f and the main disk or plate F', so as to cross each other, being held in place by the said central strip f, which presses down upon the same. These cushioning-strips are made ot' flexible mate- Serial No. 384,899. (No model.)

rial and of any desired form in crosssection 5c either plain and Hat, as shown in Figs. l and 2, circular, as in Fig. 4,01 corrugated, as in Fig. 3. Being made ot iiexible mat.erial,they may be bent or turned upward at any desired point, so as to bear against the sides of anysized bottle.

The case A is of such a size with reference to the bottle that there is just room for the cusliioning-strips F between the outside of the bottle and the inside of the case, the 6o length of the case being such that when the cover is screwed down and the bottle is in place in the case the top of the bottle-stopper C comes in close contact with the inside of the cover or with the lining B of the coverif there is a lining, so that there is no play lengthwise. The cushioningsstrips F crossing each other at the bottom and the upwardlycurved central retaining-strip fof the disk 1" form in the, middle a raised cushion, as 7o shown in Fig. l, on which the bottle rests. It is lightly cushioned in such a manner that it cannot get broken when the case is thrown about.

By having the disk F smaller than the smallest case in which a bottle is to be mailed it will be seen that one setof my cushioning devices is adapted to anysized case and bottle, since the strips F can be bent upward from the bottom at any desired points de- 8o pending on the size of the bottle.

I claimY A mailing-case for bottles, consisting of a stift outer protecting-box A, in combination with removable cushioning devices consisting of a bottom disk F, having the central retainingsstrip f cut from the material of said disk, in combination with cushioning-strips F, of iexible material, crossing each other at the bottom and held between said retaining- 9o strip and the body of the bottom disk, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWIN J. KRAETZER. Witnesses:

WM. 13. IL Dowsn, ALBERT E. LEACH. 

